Childrens Stories in English Literature From Shakespeare to Tennyson
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At first he thought he might soon be rescued and took his fate calmly. He had a good store of clothes, a gun, some powder and bullets, some tobacco, a hatchet, a knife, a kettle, a Bible, and some mathematical instruments, and for a time was hopeful and comfortable ; but as time passed and no ship came in sight, he began to realize his position and was often driven to despair. Still he tried to make the best of things, and when his powder was gone, he pro- duced fire by rubbing two sticks of pi...mento together. He built two huts of pimento or pepper trees, covered them with grass, and lined them with goat skins. In one of these he slept and the other he occupied during the day. He lived on crawfish and goat's flesh, which he seasoned with pimento and thus made pal- THE BIRTH OF THE NOVEL l8TH CENTURY. 219 atable, though he could never get used to go- ing without salt and bread. He also ate the turnips which grew upon the island, and the seed of which had originally been sown by a sea captain whose ship once touched there.
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